An Investigation into NYC’s Rats

“The rats are absolutely going to hate this announcement. But the rats don’t run this city, we do.”

• Jessica Tisch, New York City’s sanitation commissioner

Illustration by Doug Chayka, Source: Getty here

Rat Sightings and Trash Collection

rat_merge_2 = 
  rat_merge_df |>
  ggplot(aes(longitude, latitude)) +
  geom_point() +
  theme_map()

rat_map = 
  leaflet(data = rat_merge_df) |> 
  addTiles() |> 
  addMarkers(
    lng = ~longitude,
    lat = ~latitude,
    clusterOptions = markerClusterOptions())

rat_map

Leaflet

The leaflet above shows the geographic distribution of rat sightings and where trash was picked up by the NYC Department of Sanitation.

Screencast

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